We rearranged these things about 1oox during her week of tonsillitis.

Kelly has a small and respectable role as Zebra Fish #1 in the Kindergarten Musical titled “Go Fish”.  I may have mentioned this before, but I couldn’t be more thrilled.  In Sara’s Kindergarten Musical, she was a Dalmatian, requiring a costume which was white with black spots.  Kelly is a MUTANT Zebra Fish: white, with black spots.  I won the Kindergarten Musical Costume Lottery.  Did I keep it?  Does it fit?  YES and YES.  Stage Moms everywhere are high-five’ing me at this moment.

Running lines tonight:

Mommy: And then Clown Fish #3 says “Think of a way to help us instead.”

Kelly (speaking almost resolutely): I’m a Zebra Fish with spots.

Mommy: Wait, shouldn’t you say it sadly?  Or like…with frustration?  You want the Great White Shark to help you figure out how to become a Zebra Fish with stripes, right?

Kelly: I DID want that in Scene 1 Mommy.  But by this part, I’ve come to terms with my spots.  I have accepted them. This line should be spoken quite plainly, because I haven’t all the way accepted them, but I am close.  By the end, we will all celebrate our differences.

Mommy: Oh. OK.

Kelly: We’ve been running these lines all year Mommy.  You have read all the way to the end, haven’t you?

Mommy: OF COURSE I HAVE.  It’s just that, as a Mommy, there are so few surprises for me (flipping and reading…lo’ and behold, there is a lesson in this madness. Who knew?! No judging me…after listening to “Round Up Under The Sea” on CD for a year in the minivan, I’m losing my focus.)